In+the+narrative+of+the+life+Fredrick+Douglass,+Douglass+portrays+the+trials+of+slavery+in+his+autobiography+through+a+personal+and+emotional+experience,+word+choice+and+style,+using+tone+as+well.


 * Thesis**: In the narrative of the life Fredrick Douglass, Douglass portrays the trials of slavery in his autobiography through a personal and emotional experience, word choice and style, using tone as well.

I. Douglass was sent to Mr. Covey II. Working at the fanning machine III. Runs Away IV. Journey back V. Goes back to Mr. Covey VI. Never Beaten again
 * Background Notes:**
 * 1) Mr. Thomas wanted Douglass to be broken
 * 2) Mr. Covey treated Douglass worse than Mr. Thomas
 * 3) He moved on Jan. 1, 1833
 * 4) Lost control of his oxen; shows inexperience
 * 1) was hurt; fatigue
 * 2) refused to work
 * 3) Mr. Covey didn’t care; he beat Douglass despite fatigue
 * 1) to the town where his old owner lived
 * 2) Mr. Covey yells for him; Douglass doesn’t come
 * 3) Went into the store; allowed to stay overnight
 * 4) Thomas told Douglass he had to go back; or he would get a hold of him
 * 1) Sandy offered Douglass to come back to the house
 * 2) The wife was a free slave
 * 3) Gave him a rot to carry on his right side
 * 1) doesn’t get whipped for a while
 * 2) Mr. Covey was being abnormally nice
 * 3) Mr. Covey tried to beat Douglass
 * 4) Douglass fights back
 * 5) Douglass prevails (the root worked)

__**Script**__ __**p.1: (presses button)**__ Here it goes
 * Presentation Notes:**


 * F:** (person pops out of machine) what in the world???


 * p.1:** Hey are you…


 * F:** why yes the name is Fredrick Douglass. How can I help you?


 * p.1:** Well my thesis is, in the narrative of the life of Fredrick Douglass, Douglass portrays the trials of slavery in his autobiography through a personal and emotional word choices and style, using tone. But, I need more details


 * F**: I wrote this autobiography to show the struggles of slavery. Things were unfair and unjust. Them masters treated us like animals. So I tried to write with a certain style in order to show the reader how I was treated by Master Thomas and Mr. Covey.


 * p.2:** I recognized your tone. Your attitude showed that you weren’t very happy while working in the fields.


 * F:** That’s right, my true joy was reading and writing, but Master Thomas said I needed to be broken. So he sent me to Mr. Covey in 1833 who done whipped me so many times my back swelled up permanently.


 * p.3:** Why did Mr. Covey whip you so much?


 * F:** umm, I don’t know, I guess something was wrong with him. That’s why I use word choice such as when I called Mr. Covey a snake. When we were in the cornfield and he would be behind every tree and bush. I wanted the reader to be able to visualize what I had to go through. The word choice I use should fully capture these experiences. In the part when I went back to Master Thomas’s I used word choice such as, “get hold of me”, meaning “whip me”, to use voice in order to express the desired tone.


 * p.2:** Can you explain to me some of the emotional style that was used in your autobiography?


 * F:** there was one line that I remember saying, “I resolve to fight; and, suiting my action through the resolution, I seized Covey hard by the throat”. This shows the anger that I felt when I was fed up with the horrific treatment I had to undergo at Master Covey’s.


 * p.3:** I don’t mean to be troublesome Mr. Douglass, but can you give me another example of word choice in your autobiography?


 * F: most certainly!** When I was coming back to Mr. Covey’s plantation, my friend Sandy gave me a root. She told me that this root would stop Mr. Covey or any other white man for that matter, from ever whipping me again. When I took the root I remember writing the sentence. On this Morning, the virtue of the root was fully tested. I used the word virtue because virtue means purity. I wanted to demonstrate how the root was suppose to be full proof.


 * p.1: Thanks!** I think you have summed it all up for me. I can finish my thesis statement.


 * F:** No problem. I have to get back now.


 * p.1, 2, 3: BYE.**